H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, chaired the fifty-seventh ordinary meeting of divisions’ heads on Thursday, 19 Sha’ban 1445, corresponding to 29 February 2024, at the headquarters of the Secretariat General in Jeddah.

His Excellency welcomed the heads of departments and then spoke about his participation in the 44th Al-Baraka Islamic Economic Forum held in Medina, Saudi Arabia. He also spoke about different experts in humanities and social sciences from the Islamic world who will receive the Doha Arab Book Award in its first founding session, to be held in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday, 22 Sha’ban, 1445, corresponding to 03 March 2024.

His Excellency reviewed the latest developments of the scientific symposium on “Cultured Meat and Modified Foods of Animal Origin,” which was postponed to a later date. The participants then discussed the items on the meeting’s agenda, which resulted in several new decisions, notably:

• Addressing MOFA and OIC to schedule the symposium on violence against women after Ramadan.
• Completing the translation of the biographies of IIFA’s members.
• Submitting a weekly report on the website to submit to the Secretary General of the Academy on a weekly basis.
• Assigning the editorial board of the Academy’s newsletter to work continuously and without interruption on improving the newsletter.
• Updating the biographies of IIFA’s members on its website.
• Updating the list of publications and research of the Academy’s members.